Chippendale area guide

Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Chippendale

Sandwiched between Cleveland Street and Broadway and a longtime favourite of the Sydney Uni set, Chippo packs a lot of punch for a little fella. The area has just welcomed mammoth the Central Park development to the old Carlton & United brewery site – Daiso is the most exciting thing for us – and there’s increasingly tonnes of eating, drinking and art-watching to be done: hit up the always excellent White Rabbit Collection, Café Giulia and Brickfields. No visit to Chippendale is complete without a stroll down Spice Alley, where pan-Asian snacks abound, and frequent pop-ups mean there's always something new on.

Chippendale Highlights

Restaurants

Spice Alley

Tucked behind the Kensington Street laneway in Chippendale, the open-air courtyard is serving up hawker style dishes from across the globe.

Film

Palace Central Cinemas

Opened in October 2017, Palace Central is a 13-screen complex with multiple lounges and bar areas and sweeping views.

Art

White Rabbit

White Rabbit is a a state-of-the-art, four-floor temple to 21st century Chinese art hidden on a backstreet in Chippendale.